⁵Here is the message we have heard from Christ and now announce to you: God is light, ⁿ and in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶So if we say we have fellowship with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars and do not follow the truth. ⁷But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin.

⁸If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done. ¹⁰If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and we do not accept God’s teaching.

Jesus Is Our Helper

2My dear children, I write this letter to you so you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a helper in the presence of the Father—Jesus Christ, the One who does what is right. ²He died in our place to take away our sins, and not only our sins but the sins of all people.

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1 John 1:5: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

Footnotes

nlight Here, it is used as a symbol of God’s goodness or truth.